1974 Detroit Wheels Statistics
World Football League (WFL)
Team Record: 1-13
Finishing 4th in the WFL's Central Division
Coach: Danny Boisture (1-13)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 61,335, Avg. 10,223 in 6 home dates
1974 Detroit Wheels RosterTeam Record: 1-13
Finishing 4th in the WFL's Central Division
Coach: Danny Boisture (1-13)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 61,335, Avg. 10,223 in 6 home dates
1974 Detroit Wheels Results
The Detroit Wheels of the World Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 1 wins and 13 losses, finishing fourth in the WFL's Central Division.
Detroit ran up 209 points, while the defensive squad conceded 358. Sam Scarber carried the ball for a team-leading 606 yards for the Wheels.
Bubba Wyche threw for 1,869 yards. Jon Henderson hauled in 30 passes for 406 yards. Sam Scarber was targeted regularly, too.
Terry Hoeppner intercepted 5 opponent throws.
Danny Boisture coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Bubba Wyche | 304 | 156 | 51.3 | 1869 | 6.1 | 10 | 3.3 | 19 | 6.2 | 68 | 38 | 369 | 55.4 | Eric Guthrie | 21 | 7 | 33.3 | 79 | 3.8 | 1 | 4.8 | 2 | 9.5 | 22 | 6 | 52 | 21.8 | Bruce Shaw | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 66 | 3.9 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 9 | 56 | 72.2 | Billy Sadler | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
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| Totals | 343 | 171 | 49.9 | 2047 | 6.0 | 12 | 3.5 | 21 | 6.1 | 68 | 53 | 477 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Sam Scarber | 138 | 606 | 4.4 | 24 | 3 | Jesse Mims | 88 | 417 | 4.7 | 64 | 2 | Billy Sadler | 101 | 321 | 3.2 | 24 | 1 | Bubba Wyche | 51 | 265 | 5.2 | 27 | 8 | Jim Rathje | 28 | 80 | 2.9 | 17 | 1 | Larry Ratcliff | 19 | 56 | 2.9 | 21 | 0 | Eric Guthrie | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 22 | 0 | Bruce Shaw | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 | Hubie Bryant | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Dale Livingston | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Lee Fobbs | 8 | 6 | 0.8 | 7 | 0 | Eugene Teague | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Terry Phillips | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 10 | 0 |
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| Totals | 449 | 1834 | 4.1 | 64 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jon Henderson | 30 | 406 | 13.5 | 49 | 3 | Sam Scarber | 29 | 266 | 9.2 | 28 | 0 | Terry Phillips | 20 | 274 | 13.7 | 34 | 4 | Hubie Bryant | 19 | 328 | 17.3 | 2 | Billy Sadler | 18 | 156 | 8.7 | 68 | 0 | Jesse Mims | 16 | 109 | 6.8 | 17 | 0 | Mickey McCarty | 8 | 129 | 16.1 | 34 | 0 | Charlie McKee | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 46 | 0 | John Embree | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 31 | 0 | Jim Rathje | 4 | 53 | 13.2 | 41 | 2 | Joe Scales | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 | Lee Fobbs | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 15 | 0 | Dennis Macholz | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 7 | 0 | Terry Williams | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 24 | 0 | Sheldon Joppru | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 | Terry Hoeppner | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | Bruce Cullen | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 1 | Clark Hoss | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
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| Totals | 171 | 2047 | 12.0 | 68 | 12 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Chuck Collins | 38 | 1428 | 37.6 | 53 | Eric Guthrie | 29 | 984 | 33.9 | 53 | Bubba Wyche | 4 | 150 | 37.5 | 46 | Dale Livingston | 4 | 132 | 33.0 | 40 |
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| Totals | 75 | 2694 | 35.9 | 53 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Rocky Long | 20 | 217 | 10.8 | 56 | 0 | Billy Sadler | 17 | 165 | 9.7 | 43 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 37 | 382 | 10.3 | 56 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Billy Sadler | 30 | 751 | 25.0 | 62 | 0 | Rocky Long | 14 | 402 | 28.7 | 51 | 0 | Jesse Mims | 11 | 242 | 22.0 | 36 | 0 | Larry Ratcliff | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 25 | 0 | Lee Fobbs | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 22 | 0 | Jim Rathje | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 | Charlie McKee | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 26 | 0 | Terry Hoeppner | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 | Jon Henderson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 71 | 1691 | 23.8 | 62 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Terry Hoeppner | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 0 | Rocky Long | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | Dave Walker | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Dan Lintner | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Kuhn | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | Michael Taylor | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | George Haynes | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Charlie Battle | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Renard Perkins | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Reggie Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 18 | 195 | 10.8 | 32 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Bubba Wyche | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | Terry Phillips | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | Sam Scarber | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | Jim Rathje | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | Jon Henderson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | Jesse Mims | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | Hubie Bryant | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | Eric Guthrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Bruce Cullen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Billy Sadler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Joe Scales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 209 |
